by Jaroslaw Adamowski
The European Commission (EC) has sent a letter to the Polish government about last year’s 800 MHz spectrum auction amid concerns that it may have infringed EU law. Read more...
by Jaroslaw Adamowski
Poland’s parliament has confirmed the appointment of Marcin Cichy as the new president of the country’s Office of Electronic Communications (UKE). Read more...
by Kane Mumford
The operator said it has invested PLN 800m (€187m) in increasing coverage from 83 per cent to 95 per cent and hopes to reach 98 per cent at 300Mbps by the end of the year. Historical crowd-sourced coverage data shows much lower figures, however. Read more...
by Jaroslaw Adamowski
Poland’s Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) says it plans to launch an auction of spectrum in the the 700 MHz band in 2018. It has also now assigned all the spectrum sold in last year’s 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz auction to three of the country's mobile operators. Read more...
by Jaroslaw Adamowski
Polish minister of digitisation Anna Strezynska says the results of last year's 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz auction will stand, even though she considers the process was flawed. However, she does intend to reorganise regulation in the country. Read more...
by Jaroslaw Adamowski
Anna Strezynska, the former head of Poland’s telecoms regulator UKE, has been appointed to the post of Minister of Administration and Digitisation in the country’s new government. Read more...
by Jaroslaw Adamowski
Poland's mobile operators have now placed their final offers in the country’s long-lasting auction of 14 blocks of spectrum in the 800 MHz band and five blocks in the 2.6 GHz band. In total, the bids amount to some zl 9.23 billion (€2.2 billion) - three times the amount that… Read more...
by Jaroslaw Adamowski
Poland’s Ministry of Administration and Digitisation has decided to introduce a new regulation designed to accelerate the country's 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz auction. Read more...
by Jaroslaw Adamowski
Poland’s Ministry of Administration and Digitisation has held a consultation on a regulation that could lead to the cancellation of Poland’s long-lasting 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz auction. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Bids in the joint 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz auction have risen steadily over the past seven months and now total over 1.4 billion euros. The auction rules have been criticised by operators. Read more...